Monday, April 2, 2012

In their quest for gobal volleyball media domination, the creative minds of the Kinda Good crew have released their first iPhone game today: Bump Record.

It's a simple volleyball-themed game where the goal is to keep balls from hitting the floor. Bonus points for taking flaming balls to SPIKETOWN, sticking a last-second pancake, and taking out the occasional bird Randy Johnson -style.

Good addictive qualities and easy to learn. I'd like to see more levels, though, to help keep it interesting. And a touch of that Kinda Good -style humor would give it more personality.

The new owner, 37 year-old Donald Sun, is described in the LA Times as a "former executive" at computer memory giant, Kingston. My shoddy Internet fact-digging also reveals he's probably the son of Kingston founder, David Sun, currently listed on Forbes as the 138th richest person in the US. The younger Sun, who was an all-star high school volleyball player at University High in Irvine, claimed in the Times article "I'm not a volleyball guru, but I understand the enthusiasm people have for volleyball."

So what does this mean for the future of the once-premiere pro beach volleyball tour in America?

The negatives:

Being a 0.0000001% -er right now is totally un-PC, bro. Aside from that, there's a lot of rebuilding to do. A lot. You basically own a logo, some gear, and a bunch of old cases of Gatorade. Sun also seems to have no experience, uh, running a professional sports tour. Hope you've got some good help.

The positives:

Might we see a massive sponsorship from Kingston? Deep pockets from a single sponsor could eliminate the distraction of money concerns while the tour gets back on its feet. Also, just a guess here, but the guy who once headed manufacturing at a company with revenues of $6.5B for 2010 is probably no idiot.